Three England cricketers we hate to love

You know what they say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But there are times when a player is so good, you kind of wish he wasn’t on the other side.

Jonathan Trott
If you’re not an actual fan, you probably don’t know much about this paradoxical famous-yet-invisible man. But we think that’s all part of the plan – the top secret plan to suddenly burst into the ICC Test Batsmen Rankings top five. It’s going well; he’s already on 4. You say you didn’t know? Let’s hope our team knows better.

Alastair Cook
Here’s an interesting bit of trivia about Cook: he barely sweats. Don’t mean to sound paranoid, but that’s pretty ominous. He also lives on a sheep farm with his girlfriend and likes to spend his spare time playing a saxophone. He actually sounds like a very enviable sort of guy – which is why we hate to love him.

Kevin Pietersen
As all predators will tell you, distracting the prey is very important. You need to get their guard down. Pietersen once found the perfect way to do this: blue hair. Being 6 foot 4 also helps. By the time you get over the shock of seeing a tower-sized human hurtling at you with a ball, there isn’t much time left to aim a bat at it.